Waste to Shelter

Businesses trash it.
We build homes with it.

ReclaimBuild connects businesses with surplus materials to affordable housing projects. Every donated return, every penny item, every overstock becomes a wall, a roof, a foundation for someone who needs it.

600M tons of C&D waste per year in the US
$800B+ in retail returns annually
7.4M affordable homes needed

The cycle is broken. Perfectly good materials go to landfills while families go without shelter.

Retailers destroy returns. Builders trash surplus. Manufacturers dump overstock. Meanwhile, millions of Americans can't afford a home. These two problems solve each other.

Retailers

Returns and penny items cost more to restock than to destroy. So they're trashed. Every day.

Builders

Leftover materials from job sites go straight to dumpsters. Usable wood, fixtures, hardware, gone.

Families

Housing costs outpace wages. The gap between "need a home" and "can afford a home" keeps widening.

Landfills

40% of all waste comes from construction and demolition. Most of it didn't need to be there.

One cycle that solves four problems at once.

1

Collect

Partner with businesses to redirect returns, surplus, and penny items before they hit landfills.

2

Build

Use reclaimed materials to construct affordable housing on community land trust property.

3

Employ

Offer paid work to those who help gather and build. Real skills, real wages, real opportunity.

4

Shelter

Families move into permanently affordable homes. Built with materials that were destined for waste.

Everyone wins. No exceptions.

Businesses get tax deductions. Communities get homes. Workers get jobs. The planet gets a break.

For Businesses

Enhanced tax deductions for inventory donations to a 501(c)(3). We handle all paperwork. Turn your waste into a write-off.

For Communities

Affordable homes that stay affordable through a community land trust model. Neighborhoods that grow stronger, not more expensive.

For Workers

Hands-on construction skills, sweat equity in the homes they build, and a pathway from shelter to self-sufficiency.

The materials already exist. The need is urgent. We just have to connect them.

ReclaimBuild is starting in San Antonio and building outward. Every item reclaimed is a wall that didn't go to a landfill and a family that didn't go without.